General CPU question

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In Jan 2013, the CPU was released. Shortly after the CPU was released, issues started to arise in production. Oracle then released a patch to fix that issue. So we have a patch, for the patch (we'll call this patch .

Does Oracle then go back to the original Jan 2013 CPU and update it with the changes in patch B? Or does it just add the changes in patch B to the CPU for April 2013?

I'm trying to find out if CPUs are updated after they are released.

Thanks!

Mohamed ELAzab

Hello,

Just install the latest release as it is cumulative.

the link for documentation:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alerts-086861.html#CriticalPatchUpdates

Please also have a look on the best practice document:

http://www.oracle.com/us/support/assurance/leveraging-cpu-wp-164638.pdf?ssSourceSiteId=otnen

In the best practice document please read the following:

Cumulative nature of the security fixes included in the Critical Patch Update
Critical Patch Updates are cumulative for many Oracle products. This meansthat, forthese products,
a CPU includes newsecurity fixes aswell as all previously released CPU fixesforthis particular
platform and version combination. The main benefit of cumulative CPUsisthat it allows customersto
quickly and easily “catch up” to currentsecurity release level by only applying the most recent CPU. A
detailed explanation of Oracle’sremediation policies, aswell as a list of all product familiesforwhich
CPUs are cumulative can be found on the SecurityVulnerability Fixing Policy and Process page2
on
Oracle’sweb site.

BR
Mohamed ElAzab
http://mohamedelazab.blogspot.com

TSharma-Oracle

Does Oracle then go back to the original Jan 2013 CPU and update it with the changes in patch B? Or does it just add the changes in patch B to the CPU for April 2013?

No Oracle does not go back and add anythign on its previously releases patch. Oracle always adds it old changes in its latest patchset. Oracle latest patchset(April) will include your Jan patchset.